Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif invited Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to make an official visit to Pakistan as Islamabad and Damascus seek closer ties.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif invited Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to make an official visit to Pakistan as Islamabad and Damascus seek closer ties. Sharif extended the invitation during a meeting in Islamabad with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan. Al-Shaibani’s trip is his first to Pakistan and the first by a Syrian foreign minister in 19 years.